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NEWS

2015 Year of the Library in Catalonia

17 March 2015:
The Year of the Library, marks the centenary of the Network of People’s Libraries set up by the Commonwealth of Catalonia.
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EBLIDA Newsletter March 2015 now published

12 March 2015:
Read the March Newsletter with the range of the Association's activities and interests. Information on Elections and Riga-2015 Conference.
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Libraries and literacy - An EBLIDA statement

12 March 2015:
EBLIDA calls on the European Commission to acknowledge the role of libraries in promoting literacy.
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Follow-up of the Meeting of 12 February of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright Reform

11 March 2015:
On behalf of European libraries and their users, Frédéric Blin's (IFLA & EBLIDA) presented his point of view of the public libraries on publishing and copyright issues in the digital environment.
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Global Library and Archives Community welcomes new United Nations report

11 March 2015:
The UN Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights will present a thematic report to the 28th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva regarding copyright policy.
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